CVE-2022-48626 moxart: fix potential use-after-free on remove path
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel moxart MMC driver allows attackers to potentially execute code or cause a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-48626?
CVE-2022-48626 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 25 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
moxart: fix potential use-after-free on remove path
It was reported that the mmc host structure could be accessed after it was freed in moxart_remove(), so fix this by saving the base register of the device and using it instead of the pointer dereference.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48626?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2022-48626?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2022-48626 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48626 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48626, GHSA-4pqp-3cv2-mm87, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2022-48626, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48626.